Revolutionary Acts - Love & Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain

A GQ BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZESAnnouncing the arrival of a major new talent, an astonishing work of social history which captures Black gay Britain as never before. 'In this seminal book Okundaye gives us juicy dialogue, tears and laughter, and vivid landscapes of memory.'MENDEZ, author of Rainbow Milk'Extraordinary.' SHON FAYE'Groundbreaking.' GUARDIAN'Beautifully woven.' i NEWS'Gorgeous, gossipy and warm.' EVENING STANDARD 'A rich, vital story.' FRIEZE'A triumph.' GAY TIMES***In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour, hungry to tell its past - of nightlife, resistance, political fights, loss, gossip, sex, romance and vulgarity. Through their conversations he seeks to reconcile the Black and gay narratives of Britain, narratives frequently cleaved as distinct and unrelated. Tracing these men's journeys and arrivals to South London through the seventies, e